General surgery had the most reported incidents at 10 total, followed by orthopedics and neuro each with 7 incidents reported. The most common incidents reported across all specialties were instrument counts, which were reported 5 times on average. Sponge counts, needle counts, x-rays taken, and items missing were also commonly reported incidents. Re-explorations were reported 4 times on average.

1. Gen. Surg. Cardiac Ortho Neuro ENT Total # Of Each Incident Average of Incidents in OR
Sponge Count 1 0 0 3 1 5
Needle Count 2 1 1 0 0 4
Instrument Count 2 0 2 1 0 5
Suture 1 0 0 0 0 1
Xray Taken 1 0 2 1 0 4
Re-Explored 0 0 4 0 0 4
Items Missing 2 0 0 2 1 5
Pressure Areas 1 0 1 0 0 2
Equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 10 1 10 7 2 6
#of Incidents 30
# of Procedures 620
4.84%
Incidents in General Surgery
# of Incidents
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Instrument Count Re-Explored Equipment
Incident Items
12. What services had the most incidents? General Surgery, Orthopedics, and Neuro
13. What services had the lest incidents? ENT and Cardiac
14. What type of incident was the most common? Instrument Count was the most common incident.
Gen. Surg.